2015–16 Moldovan Under-18 Division

The 2015–16 Moldovan Under-18 Division (Romanian: Divizia Națională U-18) was the Moldovan annual football tournament. The season began on 11 September 2015 and ended on 22 May 2016. Zimbru Chișinău were the defending champions.

Moldovan Under-18 Division

Season	2015–16
Champions	Sheriff Tiraspol
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

Stadia and locations

Chișinău

Zaria

Sheriff

Petrocub-ȘS

Cahul-2005

Chișinău teams:
Buiucani-Dacia
Real Succes
ȘSSF-Voran
Zimbru

Location of teams in 2015–16 Divizia Națională U-18.

Club	Location
Buiucani-Dacia	Chișinău
Cahul-2005-LS	Cahul
Petrocub-ȘS Hîncești	Sărata-Galbenă
Real Succes	Chișinău
Sheriff	Tiraspol
ȘSSF-Voran	Chișinău
Zaria	Bălți
Zimbru	Chișinău

Squads

Players must be born on or after 1 January 1998, with a maximum of five players per team born between 1 January 1997 and 31 December 1997 allowed.[1]

League table

The schedule consists of three rounds. During the first two rounds, each team plays each other once home and away for a total of 14 matches. The pairings of the third round will then be set according to the standings after the first two rounds, giving every team a third game against each opponent for a total of 21 games per team.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sheriff Tiraspol (C)	21	18	1	2	81	16	+65	55	Qualification to UEFA Youth League
2	Buiucani-Dacia Chișinău	21	17	1	3	98	16	+82	52
3	Zimbru Chișinău	21	13	4	4	60	20	+40	43
4	Zaria Bălți	21	13	1	7	63	31	+32	40
5	Cahul-2005-LS	21	8	0	13	34	67	−33	24
6	Real Succes Chișinău	21	6	1	14	36	61	−25	19
7	Petrocub-ȘS Hîncești	21	3	0	18	19	74	−55	9	withdrew[lower-alpha 1]
8	ȘSSF-Voran Chișinău	21	2	0	19	13	119	−106	6

Source: FMF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Matches won; 7) Fairplay ranking.[1]
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. Petrocub-ȘS Hîncești completed the season but withdrew from the league prior to the start of the next season. Reason unknown.

Results

Matches 1−14

Home \ Away	BUI	CAH	PET	REA	SHE	VOR	ZAR	ZIM
Buiucani-Dacia Chișinău	—	6–2	5–0	4–0	1–3	13–0	1–0	1–1
Cahul-2005-LS	0–4	—	2–0	4–2	0–6	2–1	0–3	0–5
Petrocub-ȘS Hîncești	1–7	2–3	—	1–0	1–2	2–1	1–5	0–3
Real Succes Chișinău	0–4	2–0	3–2	—	1–3	1–0	2–4	0–1
Sheriff Tiraspol	1–3	7–0	3–1	11–1	—	4–1	2–0	2–2
ȘSSF-Voran Chișinău	0–9	2–1	3–2	1–4	0–6	—	0–5	1–7
Zaria Bălți	1–2	6–1	2–0	5–1	2–4	4–0	—	4–2
Zimbru Chișinău	0–2	4–1	3–0	2–2	1–0	2–1	3–0	—

Source: FMF (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 15−21

Home \ Away	BUI	CAH	PET	REA	SHE	VOR	ZAR	ZIM
Buiucani-Dacia Chișinău	—	6–0	7–0	—	—	12–0	—	1–3
Cahul-2005-LS	—	—	—	3–0	1–2	—	—	2–1
Petrocub-ȘS Hîncești	—	1–2	—	1–3	—	3–1	—	—
Real Succes Chișinău	1–6	—	—	—	—	11–0	2–3	—
Sheriff Tiraspol	3–1	—	8–0	3–0	—	—	3–0	—
ȘSSF-Voran Chișinău	—	1–9	—	—	0–7	—	—	0–10
Zaria Bălți	0–3	6–1	6–1	—	—	5–0	—	—
Zimbru Chișinău	—	—	5–0	3–0	0–1	—	2–2	—

Source: FMF (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

1. "Regulamentul campionatului R. MOLDOVA la fotbal copii și juniori - Ediția 2015-2016" (PDF). fmf.md. Moldovan Football Federation. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2017-11-18.